Iaszlo tyokak



L. TYOKAN.

HAT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15. I916.

Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

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LASZLO TYOKAN, OF UTICA, NEW YORK.

IAT-FASTENER.

Application filed May 15, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LiiszLo TYOKAN, a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hat fasteners.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device readily attached to a hat whereby the hat may be retained upon the head of the wearer by means of a looking engagement with the hair, the device presenting an ornamental appearance exteriorly of the hat band .and being of extremely light weight.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hat fastener that is readily positioned upon a hat and worn without any inconvenience to the wearer, the same being operable exteriorly of the hat for securing and releasing a quantity of hair of the wearer of the hat. I

lVith these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and then claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views :Figure 1 is an elevational view of the inner side of the device detached. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof. Fig. 3 is an elevational view of the outer side of the device with the securing and operating heads removed, the device being illustrated in its inoperative released position. Fig. 4 is a radial sectional view through a portion of a hat as positioned upon the head of a wearer, with the device carried thereby .and illustrated in its operative locked position in engagement with the wearers hair. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 with the device in its closed or locked position, and, Fig. 6 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken upon line VIV1 of Fig. 3.

It being understood that the present device is employed for retaining a hat in position upon the head of the wearer, the same is herein illustrated in connection with a straw hat 10 having a crown 11 and a rim Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 22 191G Serial No. 97,553.

12, the crown being surrounded by the usual band 13 a part of the hair of the wearers head being roughly illustrated at 14.

. The device consists of a skeleton rectangular frame 15, the npper bar of which carries an inwardly-pro ecting segmental shaped member 16 which lies in the same plane as the bars forming the frame and constitutes a support for a stud or pin, as will hereinafter more fully appear. At each lower corner 18, the frame carries a threaded post 17, whlch posts project through the crown 13 of the hat as shown in Fig. 4 and are secured by exterior heads or buttons 19 screwed onto the posts. I

A comb is carried by the frame adapted for engaging the hair 14 being in the form of a plurality of parallel flat springs 20 havmg sharpened free ends 21 for insertion 1n the hair .and being attached to the upper bar of the frame by means of bent integral loops 22.

A locking slide 23 is carried by the frame 15 spannmg the opposite sides thereof and having an operating means consisting of a link 24 pivotally connecting the same centrally with the free end of an operating lever 25. The said lever 25 is fixedly secured to a stud or pin 26 which has its inner end 27 journaled in the plate 16 while the said stud projects outwardly through the adjacent side of the hat crown 11 and band 13, and is provided with an ornamental head or turn handle 28 preferably presenting the appearance of the head of an ordinary hat pin.

With the device secured within the hat crown 11 as illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and with the slide 23 in its lowered in operative position as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, the com-b members or teeth will be engaged with the hair 14 as the hat 10 is placed on the head. The free ends of the comb teeth curve outwardly toward the adjacent side of the hat crown. and the link 24 is ofl'set near its points of attachment with the slide 23 so that when pressure is applied to the side of the hat crown, the free ends of the comb teeth will be projected through the frame, and when the head member 28 is turned in the proper direction, the slide 23 will be moved upwardly on the frame until it frictionally engages with the bowed comb teeth, and secures them in the closed position. A reverse turning movement to the head member 28 moves the slide 23 downwardly and when it is clear of the comb teeth, the latter spring back to open position that the hat may be readily removed from the head.

A serviceable and efficient hat fastener is thus arranged which is readily attached to any form of hat and which is employable for securing a portion of the hair to the hat while the device may be employed without utilizing the slide 23 if desired. While the present form of the device appears to be the preferable embodiment thereof, changes may be made in its minor details and the invention still fall within the scope of the appended claims.

hat I claim as new is 1- 1. A hat fastener comprising a frame, resilient comb teeth carried by the said frame, a securing slide for the said teeth carried by the said frame, a plate carried by the frame, a stud journaled in said plate, a turn head upon one end of the said stud, and operative connections between the said stud and slide.

2. A hat fastener comprising an open frame, resilient comb teeth carried by the said frame with their free ends movable through the frame, a securing slide for the said teeth shiftably mounted upon the said frame, operating means for the said slide, and a turn head operatively attached to the said means.

.to one edge of the said frame by integral looped portions thereof, a locking slide shiftably carried by the said frame and having a path of movement overlying the said teeth when the latter are in their operative positions, a stud carried by said frame and adapted to extend outwardly of a hat when the device is operatively attached thereto, an ornamental turn head upon the outer end of the said stud, a lever secured to the said stud adjacent the said frame, and a link pivotally connecting the free end of the said lever and the said link at opposite sides of the said frame.

4. A hat fastener comprising a skeleton frame, curved'resilient comb teeth carried by the said frame with their free ends adapted to project through the frame when operatively arranged upon the hair of the wearer, a locking member slida'bly carried by the said frame and having a path of movement overlying the said teeth, an operating stud journaled in said frame, and operative connections between the said stud and locking member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

*LASZLO TYOKAN.

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Washington, D. G. 

